written from my aunt lilly.applause] and i want to add it to go to the blog or facebook you will hear and see peggy's aunt lilly because there are photographs added to her reading. i am also reading the letter i wrote and photographs of my dad and picture he took during his liftime. so go to our blog. there's a lot of good stuff. >> it's wonderful. it's all wonderful. i have laryngis so i am going to try to get through this. i just want to talk what mean to the book. my friend here told me about the book after she had sent to her selection and that she had bn selected and then e day the book came ue were together in the car and i read her poem and then a part of another one, a i come from theater and film. i am an actress and singer and director and i said this is a stagedeading. have to put this on stage. it can't just live between tse two pages. it has to go on stage. and i got in touch with to queen mother's here we agreed it probably could be staged reading and we are in the process of getting that done righ

ted lilly looking to win 10 games for the seventh straight season.rves up a tasty meatball to matt kemp and this bad boy traveling an estimated 455 feet, the longest home run at dodger stadium this year. 1-0 dodgers. bottom three. brad ausmus the fly to left. sam fuld, grab that net and catch that beautiful butterfly. the cubs end up losing 2-0. knuckleballer charlie haeger wins for the first time since september 23rd, 2006, when he pitched for the white sox. his second start since coming off the disabled list. lilly loses for the first time in his career against the dodgers. >> yanks spanked the red sox 20-11 friday night. a.j. burnett a different story saturday afternoon. kevin youkilis 3-5, two homers, six r.b.i.'s, big papi 2-4, a homer, three r.b.i.'s. that's his 20th of the year. eighth straight season where he's hit at least 20. burnett a contrary high nine burnett a career high nine home runs in five innings. home runs in five -- nine runs in five innings asking "why, why do you throw that?" junichi tazawa -- remember, he was the pitcher who

. >> ted lilly serves up a tasty meatball to matt kemp.ling an estimated 455 feet, longest home run at dodger stadium this year, 1-0 dodgers. bottom three. brad ausmus the fly to left. sam fuld, grab that net and catch that beautiful butterfly. the cubs end up losing 2-0. knuckleballer charlie haeger wins for the first time since september 23rd, 2006 when he pitched for the white sox. lilly loses for the first time in his career against the dodgers. >> yanks spanked the red sox 20-11 friday. a.j. burnett, kevin youkilis 3-5, two homers, six r.b.i.'s, big papi 2-4, a homer, three r.b.i.'s. that's his 20th of the year. eighth straight season where he's hit at least 20. burnett a contrary high nine home runs in five -- nine runs in five innings asking "why, why do you throw that?" junichi tazawa -- remember, he was the pitcher who gave up the walk-off homer to a-rod in the 15-inning game. >> afterwards, jorge posada and a.j. burnett were asked if they were on the same page. >> we throw the ball. we throw what we want to throw, so it's definit

captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment >> abernethy: welcome. i'm bob abernethy. good to have you with us. religious leaders across the spectrum were among those offering tributes after the death of senator edward kennedy this week. several faith groups praised his support for healthcare reform as a moral issue and his work on poverty, immigration and civil rights. kennedy was a roman catholic who advocated strict separation of church and state. he sometimes took stands that conflicted with the teachings of his church, such as his support for abortion rights. but he also sided with the church on many social justice issues. boston cardinal sean o'malley issued a statement saying kennedy was quote "often a champion for the poor, the less fortunate and those seeking a better life." the world's more than one- billion muslims are celebrating their holy month of ramadan. it's a time of day time fasting and special prayers. in many parts of the world, muslims are conducting special ramadan charity projects. president obama recorded a video message wishing muslims well du

captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment >> lawton: welcome. i'm kim lawton sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. roman catholics this week expanded their majority on the u.s. supreme court. before leaving on its august recess, the senate confirmed sonia sotomayor as the newest supreme court justice. she's the first hispanic to serve on the high court. her confirmation means that six of the nine justices are catholic. there are also two jewish justices and one protestant. also this week, the senate confirmed miguel diaz as the ninth u.s. ambassador to the vatican. the cuban-born diaz is the first hispanic and the first theologian to hold that post. diaz and his family will be moving to rome soon. he says he is anxious to present his credentials to his fellow theologian, pope benedict the sixteenth. two episcopal dioceses have included openly gay priests on their slates of potential new bishops. in the diocese of los angeles, a gay priest and a lesbian priest are among the six candidates to become an assistant bishop. and in th

captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment >> lawton: welcome. i'm kim lawton sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. presidentntbama was on the road again this week stumping for comprehensive healthcare reform. in washington, a coalition of moderate and liberal religious groups pledged to ramp up their lobbying for healthcare reform during congress's august recess. clergy will encourage their parishioners to schedule local townhall meetings about the healthcare crisis, and grassroots activists will meet with members of congress in their home district offices. coalition leaders say they believe healthcare is a moral issue. >> reforming healthcare is a test of how we as a society can come together to heal people's pain and put the value of human life above other interests, like profit. >> lawton: meanwhile, some religious conservatives raised concerns about potential provisions within healthcare legislation. family research council action released a tv ad urging that healthcare reform not include funding for abortions. also in wash

captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment >> potter: welcome. i'm deborah potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. good to have you with us. this weekend marks the start of ramadan, the islamic lunar month of prayer and fasting. markets in the muslim world were packed with shoppers as people stocked up on traditional foods for iftar, the meal served when fasting ends each day at sunset the fast is one of the five pillars of islam and is considered a method of self- purification. muslims believe that it was during the month of ramadan that the quran was revealed to the prophet muhammad. >> potter: president obama urged the faith community this week to support his health care plan, calling it an ethical and moral obligation. in a conference call sponsored by more than 30 religious denominations and organizations, the president accused his critics of distortion and fabrications. >> i know there's been a lot of misinformation in this debate. and there are some folks out there who are, frankly, bearing false witness. but i want everyone to know what he

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. >> lilly wu enjoys cooking.he type to plan a seven-day menu for her family. >> i am not organized enough to plan everything a week in advance. >> reporter: she is exactly the kind of person several new cooking websites are designed for. when she wants to make a meal, she has to log on, input the ingredients she has to work with, and voila! she'll be fed several option. >> pretty much any combination you can think of. at least some recipes will pop up. or if there is nothing you can make right this second, they'll tell you what recipes are close to those ingredients. >> reporter: there is supercook.com. recipe matcher, leftover wizards, meal-o-pediaand more. each site offers different options. for example, on supercook, if you open an account -- >> kit also do things like keep track of what is in your kitchen and make custom suggestions for you on what other ingredients you should buy. >> reporter: lilly likes all recipes.com because she can also input ingredients she doesn't want to use. >> that's very use. for

. >> reporter: lilly wu enjoys cooking, but she is not the type to plan a seven-day menu for her family i am not organized enough to plan everything a week in advance. >> reporter: she is exactly the kind of person several new cooking websites are designed for. when she wants to make a meal, she has to log on, input the ingredients and voila, she'll be fed several options. >> pretty much any combination you can think of. at least some recipe will pop up. or if there is nothing you can make right this second, it will tell you what recipes are close to the ingredient. >> reporter: there is supercook.com, recipe matcher, leftover wizard, mealo pediaand much more. they use search engines from all over the web. each site offers different examples. on supercooker: >> it can keep track of what's in your kitchen and make custom suggests for you on what other ingredients you should buy. >> reporter: lilly like all recipes.com because they can also input ingredients she doesn't want to use. >> that's very useful for me because sometimes you've got someone who has an allergy or is picky. >> report

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but, in one with the dodgers, and here they are, here's ted lilly, looking to win ten high games. and kemp.d way back >> watch where this ball lands. over the hedges? follow that's over everything. a i'm not sure how many times i have seen a ball hit that far. 449 feet.dly into thain and how about sam fuld?ment making the catch of the day.cenl >> anytime you have to contend with the fences, that makes the catch, harder. that was fabulous.3-2 >> 2-0 dodgers. a and last chance for theriot, and they make the play, and dodgers did it again. cubs' offense goes away on them. they could not score. >> right. and they're on a pace to score about 140 fewer runs than last year. they're in the low 240s with runners in scoring position. they are not a good offensive-team, and they were a great offennive team. >> it came out that the family, that started the online brokerage t.d. amara trade, are the buyer. are they going to get this team? >> yes, this is a good thing for the cubs. they've been waiting for a long time for this to happen, and now that they have some stability, they can start to

[operatic singing] >> this is lilly and gary.hey agreed to try out a few of the opening lines for us. are the operatic? >> definitely. i think they can be put to any sort of music. nuts, i love hazelnuts? >> it is a way for the public to engage in the art form of opera. there are those with doubts, but the public can make up their minds in september. >> fantastic. much more on that and all the international news whenever you wanted on our website. funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> >> union bank put its financil strength to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you. >> public broadcasting is my source for news about the world for intelligent conversation. for election coverage you can count on. >> a commitment to journalism. >> public broadcasting is my source for intelligent connections wi

. >> ♪ strange to me the fruits of nature that i see ♪ >> this is lilly and gary from tehe opera. >>e hazelnuts >> the words you have just sing, are the operatic? >> i am sure. -- the words you have just song. >> asking the public -- the words you have just soung. >> the public can make up their minds in september. bbc news. >> ♪ it's tiny wings were frozen, were frozen ♪ >> a 3-year-old elephant became stuck in a drain as he was working with his handlers. heavy machinery helped to get him out. he was pulled to safety. he was not injured in the ordeal, you'll be glad to hear. apparently, elephant and handler went back to work. just briefly for you, the main news at this hour. the burmese opposition leader aung san suu kyi has been sentenced to more years in detention after allowing a man into her home. the u.s. security council has been meeting, but it has just adjourned. thanks for being with us on bbc world news. >> funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, and the john d. and ca

is a little in front of themselves and they are also very nervous about the pa tonight issues over lilly. i like what goldman sachs is doing moving into some of the pharmaceutical names. you saw johnson and johnson had a nice day. merk had a great day. people are chasing some of that dividend yield and have been going to some of the utilities but also some of the pharmaceutical area. keep an eye on these names. >> i think we have a chart. if you're looking for a reason to sell and get out of things, take a look at this nasdaq chart back from, well, back from a few years but the middle of 2007 is what you're looking at. i thank my friends thon one. touch the trend line from the highs in 2007, what we have here is an exact 50% retracement from the 2007 high to recent lows. if anything gives you a reason to sell it's this chart. i would say you can actually get out of your tech names here and if you look in the tech sector today all the leaders under performed. something to look at. >> all the outperformers in this recent leg higher. we have a street fight breaking out over the direction of

ted lilly looking to win 10 games for the second straight season.p and away, an estimated 455 feet, the longest homer at dodger stadium this year. bottom three, brad ausmus. cubs would go on to lose 2-0. knuckleballer charlie haeger wins for the second time since september 3rd, 2006 when he pitched for the white sox. in his second start since coming off the d.l., lilly loses against the dodgers. >> last time a.j. burnett faced the sox -- a different story saturday afternoon. bottom two. kevin youkilis 3-5, two jacks, big papi in the fifth. his 20th of the year. eighth straight season with at least 20 homers, burnett gave up a career high nine runs in five innings. you see him saying, "why? why? why do you throw that?" junichi tazawa six scoreless innings for the win -- tazawa was the pitcher who gave up the walk-off homer to a-rod in the 15-inning game a few weeks ago, his big-league debut. as for burnett, maybe something going on with him and posada. he's got a 4.93 e.r.a. with posada as the starting catcher, 3.27 with every other catcher on the ya

lilly is saying it will take a third quarter charge as a result of 3 to 4 cents per share for shutting down the development. the stock today up nonetheless. with the consumer making up 2/3 of the u.s. economy, getting shoppers back into the swing of things is one of the top challenges in this economic downturn. so what will spark consumers to get moving again and start spending again? richard hastings is a consumer strategist with global hunter securities. ron insana is thestreet.com's market movers portfolio manager as well as a cnbc contributor. gentlemen, good to see you. welcome. >> thank you. >> so 2/3 of the economy obviously quite important to getting any kind of recovery under way, and yet they keep hoarding their cash. isn't that true, richard? what's it going to take? >> oh, it's going to take small business formation, they've got to clear up the red tape so that small business formation gets going. they have got to make sure that businesses and the household sector can believe that taxes will not be soaring out of control in the second half of next year. they've got to keep

the lillies of the field, how they grow. >> reporter: then desmond tutu, who fought apartheid in southnever lost the twining until his eye. twinkle in his eye. and dr. joe medicine crow, the last living plains indian war chief, an amazing span to his life. he once talked to a survivor of the battle of the little big horn and he stole horses from the nazis during world wari. an eclectic list of luminaries, each one what the president called an agent of change. >> jack kemp, the former presidential candidate and harvey milk, who of course the movie was made about the san francisco councilman both on the list. they were accepted posthumously. >> when we return, a very different subject. a new and successful niche for x-rated video producers. >> selling sex.tease? tt foa te? >> i'll stick around. how that's that for a tease? >> i'll stick around. make you per >> this next story is sure to make you perk up. the multi-million dollar adult video business has been struggling because people can find it for free online. >> i wouldn't know anything about that. but now the industry is selling sex

. >> but jen lilly says she tries to build up a tolerance for the heat. >> being inside all the time for the air conditioning and having that sort of traumatic experience when you go outdoors and it's 20, 30 degrees hotter, is where we end up with some problems. >> no matter how you cope, listen to your body, and take a break when you need it because the heat is here for at least a few days. >> it feels like baltimore now. >> and here is a look at the six cooling centers that will open monday and tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each center will have air conditioning, water, and ice on hand. also you can find a list on our web site, abc2news.com. now the city is also providing free bus service, the mta is allowing those bus passes to be good for one free trip on code red day luge. we're live in go van, cheryl connor, abc 2 news. >> okay cheryl, thanks. >>> how much heat and humidity can we expect tomorrow? here is meteorologist wyatt every heart with the first forecast. >> well in a word, cristian, more. more heat, more humidity, you thought it was uncomfortable today, which it wa

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laws such as the pregnancy discrimination act, the lilly ledbetter fair pay act, the minimum wage act-2/3 of all minimum wage workers are women--- the family & medical leave act and volumes of healthcare laws he wrote placed women's rights front and center. kennedy's death is major setback for democrats and others who favor health care reform, since he'd pressed for universal health care coverage since the 1970's. so did women' women's -- progree women lose their best friend in the senate, considering there are many progressive women in the u.s. senate? >> absolutely. and it's really a story about senator kennedy that they know. they know of his as a civil rights and healthcare leader but not necessarily a leader in passing legislation or putting forward legislation that helped women. all of the raises in minimum wage, 16 of them that happened during his almost half a century in the senate, benefited women, because the majority of minimum wage workers, contractual workers, part-time workers are women, and his push for healthcare that is fair really impacts on women across the board be

year- old son as they were walking to their car late last night after gomez had closed his business, lilly's mexican mart on main street. the robbery happened nearby on locust lane. >>> if you're lucky enough to be heading to the beach tonight, you might want to avoid the bay bridge. wow, what a mess! take a look at the backup on route 50 right now. police say a tractor-trailer crashed on the eastbound side of the bridge there is no word if anyone was hurt in the crash yet. i guess you'll have to through bel air. >>> a police officer escapes injury in a crash 8:00 this morning in the southbound lane between route 197 and the powder mill road exit. a truck hit a patrol car from behind as the officer was standing nearby. >> the force cruiser was struck by a car that had veered off of the roadway into the right-hand shoulder area. the cruiser was struck, the officer had been outside of his vehicle at that point and was somehow pulled underneath his cruise esch, and his cruiser and the car that he had stopped were pushed about 40 feet before the truck was -- before the cars were able to come the

for lindsey and her dogs mac and lillie, she believes it should be a wakeup call about the park. >> it makes me very nervous. i definitely don't like to walk them at night around here, by myself, but i have to a lot of times and i'm always a bit nervous. >> reporter: witnesses say police responded but the victim did not file a police report out of fear for his life. he got beat because he tried to stop the group from beating up on a homeless person. it's unsettling for peter as he walks his dog black labs. >> it's diraceable. it's bad that guy who tried to go to his aid got attacks. that's pretty shocking. >> reporter: it's an image that hopes that a walk in the park doesn't become the same. >> they're animals and to sit there and keep kicking someone unconscious like that. >> reporter: roby chavez, fox 5 news. >>> it's going to be four years tomorrow when hurricane katrina hit the lousiana coast, claiming more than 1600 lives in lousiana and mississippi and the area is still rebuilding. katrina left behind more than $40 billion in property damage but because of the building, the econo

>> and tiger lilly, such a slut version and did a lap dance. i couldn't believe we were there.is? >> was this directed by quentin tarantino? >> i don't know. and then a mermaid came up -- first of all, i don't remember any mermaid in peter pan. >> well, england is infested with mermaids. >> okay, well, fine. my kids love mermaids. they're little girls. we're backstage, this thing. she slithers up on a rock and then peter pan says watch out, wendy. the mermaid is dragging little girls into the ocean to drown them. i'm like, okay, terrific. so the on thing -- what's wrong -- what's wrong with a little disney? >> take that horror away? >> i kept running into the bathroom. let's go to the bathroom. >> the are they scared of -- are they scareded of mermaids now? >> no, i was shocked. >> never ever take your children out of this country again. >> yes. yes. >> stay within our protective walls. >> i don't know if you have seen it, i texted howard about it last night, i'm a bit of a reality -- i love reality television. i've said it before, my summer pick is "locked up abroad". i might

many bills to come back year after year and ever since the obama was elected president, he got the lillyer act signed which is morepportuty for people to sue for past discrimination he got than genetic nondiscrimination act signed into law and has bee fighting for that 10 years it is just picking his moments in working with republicans he has a very great relationship with orrin hatch you doesn't smoke or drink they work very well together. >> is striking with all of the partisanship and to look again at the readers'ments, you the billn the setian and hostility some strong disagreement but at the same time perhaps this is alluilt up since the early 90's are leftover fro chappaquiddick but especial built up he was more effective than ever in dealing people with the sun and. >> his very well-respected and he works very hard and hard work is respected, hidlary clinton had issues not of personal behavior but people are wondering if she was trading on her name and s hunker down and resed for her hard work but he knows how to play people we have the upper use he was trying to negotiate with tr

you look at the case that came out in 2001 with lilly ledbetter.lilly's case was thrown out by the current supreme court, not with justice sotomayor on it, because she was not with the court at that time. essentially she was being paid less because she was working while female. to be told that you could be paid less when years and years of precedence said otherwise was a huge sea change. that came about because there ways different make-up in the court which was much more conservative and much more atune to a corporate argument than it was toward individual arguments. you look at any other areas we've had questions, especially in national security and those other areas in the last few years and presidential power, the court in the way that our government is made up, really do serve as a stop gap on the other two branches. without the court serving fla in that capacity and really being interested in doing that job, what you have is the potential for a wholesale power grab, especially in the executive branch where that is a much tougher thing to stop

and christie mentioned the led better ruling and one of the best things we have don't pass the lilly bed ledbetter fair pay act that responds to the ruling by overruling it and there is no better way to sandy message to the supreme court. they are overstepping their bounds, than doing precisely that and what i think we need is a more coordinated effort, to not -- there's a lot of corrective legislation that is bott bottlenecked right now and representative nadler is a perfect candidate who will view the roberts ruling as on end of -- an end of self and to respond to the activism of the roberts court and with that i'll let you ask another question. >> thank you, jerry nadler is a nine term congressman from new york's 8th congressional district. and he's a champion of civil rights, civil liberties and a host of progressive issues in the house. gong man nadler, sonia sotomayor is clearly a moderate but there were 338 votes against her and it does not signal a change in the supreme court alignment but some acted like it was the last send against quote-unquote liberal judicial activism an

eli lilly & co.: $3.6 million. the american hospital association: $3.5 million. blue cross and blue shield: $2.8 million. i'd call this a health care bonanza for lobbyists. lobbyists, we can be sure, who are not working for those thousands of people who showed up at the wise county fairgrounds in virginia just last weekend for another free clinic run by the organization remote area medical. they came for eye exams and glasses, dental care, hearing tests, chest x-rays and dermatology treatments, among other needs. this is the clinic's tenth year, and all the care is still provided by volunteers. in three days last year they pulled 3,896 bad teeth and saved another 1,888 by filling them. wendell potter went back to wise county last weekend, back to the place where after spending almost 20 years in corporate suites, he discovered for himself that the people most in need of care are precisely those least able to pay. with nhing to give washington, these people get nothing from washington in return. log onto pbs.org, click on "bill moyers journal" and we'll link you t

selling their holdings, abbott labs, baxter, johnson & johnson, eli lilly, merck, pfizer, schering-ploughd filing issue -- or filed, i should say, this afternoon. back to you. >> thanks very much. karen, you follow these things and you were making comments about whether you follow bill and melinda gates. >> we actually never follow bill and melinda gates. >> why? >> for a couple reasons. they don't have the reputation of being particularly successful investors. and i don't think they're in any way involved with the running of the foundation. >> of cascade. >> right. >> right. okay. >> so, there you go. >> okay. let's move on. after a hot week, copper, gold, sugar, oil all dropped along with the markets. is it time to buy them on the dip? dennis gartman of the gartman letter join us us today. >> hi, melissa. >> are you buying on this market? >> no. this market is awfully overbought. everybody and his brother is short of the dollar, long with the commodity market. you need to have a correction. it's all today was. it may last for a couple of days. you've taken copper, what, up 50% in the co

in between the president signed legislation ,schip for children, lilly ledbetter. our colleagues will address these more specifically. we have the economic recovery act to begin with, helping americans save their homes. edward kennedy served america act. then 100 days later, the budget. the president called for three pillars to turn around economy, investment, education and health care, and a new energy policy for america. we did just that. host: gentlemen, she laid it out there. let's begin with tony fratto. moving on with health care -- has it been a productive congress? guest: they have been able to pass some significant pieces of legislation i'm sure they see as significant for them. by all accounts the should have been able to do that with the large majorities in both the house and senate. something mark was saying about the leadership in congress and the democratic caucus -- we solve this debate of liberals and moderates and the board. it was a strategy a rahm emmanuel in the election last year to go out and conservative districts and not care to much about w

her new book about lorna luft and lilly tomlin.other-daughter relationship that defines us more than any other? >> i think so. i really do. and i don't think that we can become the women who we are supposed to be unless we accept our mothers and reach for understanding and compassion. >> stahl: do we daughters get it wrong? about our mothers? >> yeah. >> stahl: but she says mothers get it wrong too. >> you know how to push buttons and you learn it at a young age and you never forget that. >> stahl: but don't you lose your will to do that? >> yeah. >> stahl: as you get older. never accused of lacking candor, patti admits that just because she and nancy made up doesn't mean they always get along. >> let's not be like a hallmark card here. it wasn't like suddenly everything was just fine and pink and rosy. it's not that there are never moments of pushing buttons, but -- >> stahl: still pushing? still pushing buttons? really? >> i don't think so much today but -- >> stahl: sure. >> both side? >> yeah. >> stahl: mrs. reagan, how would y

we used -- we worked with its ally libya -- eli lilly in indianapolis, the first project was to go toot holes to see if we could do that more efficiency and more quickly and we have been able to take that down from 19-day repair to a three-day repair. and we save money in the process. we have been doing that as much as possible. sometimes government is not that efficient. we wanted to make government more efficient as we go along. a lot of that is what has happened. host: how much federal stimulus dollars are you getting? guest: the city is getting about $60 million, coming down and what we call bucket, public works and public safety projects and things like that but also we have a lot of separate corporations, what we call municipal corporations and also the school systems are getting also a piece of the pie. but the city directly is getting about $60 million. host: i want to open the phone lines and e-mail and twitter, your questions and comments for the mayor of indianapolis. the goal is to learn about the health of american cities in the face of economic downturn and we welcome yo